Label wiping device



May 26, 1931. c. H. osLUND ET-AL LABEL WIPING DEVICE Filed Aug. 17, '2Sheets-Sheet l May 25, 1931- c. H. osLuNp ET AL 1,806,911

LABEL wIPING DEVICE Filed Aug. 1'7, 1928 2 Sheets-Shee 2 W Mw to providea construction capable of use on Patented May 26, 1931V UNirs STATESiaaeii PATENT orricr.

CHARLES H. OSLUND AND JOHN EMANUEL OHNSON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNORS TO THE O & J MACT-BIENE COMPANY, GF YVOR-CESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS LABEL wiriive nEvIcn This invention relatesto means for wiping down the edges of labels on a bottle or otherpackage. l

The principal objects of the invention are small and large bottles andwith small and large labels without adjustment and to avoid thecondition that exists with the long brush used for this purpose, namely,that afterthe i'irst tufts of bristles have passed over the label thebottle or package itself engages those following and holds them out ofthe way of the label so that they do not engage its edge. This is doneaccording to the 5 present invention by dividing up the brush and thushaving forward tufts of bristles come into contact with the labelsseveral times during the passage of the article vand label through thewiping device. v

Another object of the invention is to provide means for holding the rearbristles against the forward ones so as to make the bristle structurestiller and more unitary.

Other objects and advantages of the inventionV will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is aplan of a part of a labeling machine with a wiping device constructed inaccordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the same, and Fig. 3 is a rear eiid Viewof one of the bristle holders.

Then an article like a bottle with a label on the front is passed alonga fixed brush the front bristles engage the label and tend to brush itdown at the edgeV andV almost immediately the bottle or article to belabeled will come into engagement with the bristles at a distance fromtheir free ends and hold them back away from the .label ifthe labelcovers only a small area on the bottle. For that reason, the brush,except the forward end, is almost useless. It is for the purpose ofavoiding this difficulty and providing for effectively brushing down`the edges of the label that this invention is designed.

The invention is shown as applied to a labeling machine in which thearticle 10 to be labeled passes through a course between .the support 11which two `opposite holdeis 11`in which the brushes areinounted. Insteadof employing a single brush on each side the brushing device is made inthe form of a plurality ofv `small brushes, each comprising a back 12.These l on a bell crank 13 pivoted on a stud 14 and held in positionforengaging the label aspring' 1G. The bell crank is provided with anadjustable screw 17 abutting-against carries vthe brushes to limit theharkward movement of the brush backs andthus define their normalposition, lhe brushes are placed near together and they will operateeffectively on both small and large bottles. I

vhach of the brush backs is provided with a series of ytufts 18ofbristles censtitutiiw anbrush. F or h forward bristles which come intoContact with the article to be labeled a'wiie 2O is secured to the backof each ,bristle back and extends around the front edge vand isbentint-o the-form `of an inclined loop on the rear 'which engages the rearltufts of bristles and is so proportioned as to bend them for#` thepurpose of stiii'ening 'the o one and makingrthem stier thus forcing `l'brings .all the bristles of this brush near enough together so that theywill not any of them be held out of the way of the label by the bottle10 as it passes through. The principal advantage, however, is that afterthe bottle has passed through one of the brushes, or a pair of them onopposite sides as shown, the bottle will then pass .through a space freeof bristles and will come ter another set, the forward ones of whichwill engage the label and wipe over every portion of it so as toeffectively wipe down its edges. The action of the bristles is shown atthe center of Fig. l where the bottle is just coming into contact withthem. It Will be seen that the front bristles are yieldingly heldforward` by the rear bristles and pressure applied to them. The positionof the lo rear bristles is limited by the wire ,loops 2O so that thefull force can be used in wiping down the label.

This arrangement can be employed efficiently to wipe down either smallor large 15 labels on either smaller large bottles Without adjustment.This avoids the usual loss of time in adjusting the brushes and tryingthe machine out with different adjustments,

sometimes over and over. By making the 29 brushes in sections in thisway, the brushes can be set close together and will work under thedifferent conditions mentioned.

Although we have illustrated and described only one form of theinvention we are aware of the fact that modications can be made thereinby any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention as expressed in the claims. Therefore we do not wish to belimited in 39 this respect but what we do claim is l. As an article ofmanufacture, a label wiping brush comprising a back with rows ofbristles projecting from the front thereof and a wire loop extending atan angle from the front edge of the back to engage the rear bristles atau intermediate pointbetween their ends and hold them forward, the endsof said loop extending around on the bac i and held thereto.

40 2. As an article of manufacture, a label wiping brush comprising aback with rows of tufts of bristles projecting from the sur yfacethereof and normally set in the back in separated relationship, andmeans extending from one edge of the back to a point adjacent to theother edge for engaging the bristles at said other edge ata pointsubstantially half way between their ends and compressing the first rowof tufts against 50 the other rows so that the tufts are all in contactalong the active face of the brush.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto allixed ,our signatures.

CHARLES H. OSLUND. JOHN EMANUEL JOHNSON.

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